TED演讲稿_MiruKim_2008P地下的艺术.docxVIP

1.I was raised in Seoul, Korea, and moved to New York City in 1999 to attend college. 我在韩国首尔长大 1999年来到纽约上大学2.I was pre-med at the time, and I thought I would become a surgeon because I was interested in anatomy and dissecting animals really piqued my curiosity. 那个时候我还是一名医学预科生 我以为自己会成为外科医生 因为我一直对解剖着迷 肢解动物总能激发我的好奇心。3.At the same time, I fell in love with New York City. 同时，我彻底爱上了纽约。4.I started to realize that I could look at the whole city as a living organism. 我渐渐地发现自己可以将这座城市 看作一个活生生的有机体。5.I wanted to dissect it and look into its unseen layers. 我想要解剖它， 看看里面不为所知的切面，6.And the way to to it, for me, was through artistic means. 而对于我来说，想要达到这样的目的， 就要通过艺术途径。7.So, eventually I decided to pursue an MFA instead of an M.D. 所以最终我决定念艺术硕士，放弃了医学。8.and in grad school I became interested in creatures that dwell in the hidden corners of the city. 读研究生的时候我开始对 那些藏在城市隐秘角落里的生物感兴趣。9.In New York City, rats are part of commuters daily lives. 在纽约，老鼠几乎已经成了每日进出地铁站的人们的生活的一部人。10.Most people ignore them or are frightened of them. 大多数人都无视它们，有些人害怕它们。11.But I took a liking to them because they dwell on the fringes of society. 我倒挺喜欢它们的， 因为它们处于社会边缘，12.And even though theyre used in labs to promote human lives, theyre also considered as pests. 尽管它们在实验室里是发展人类生活的道具， 但也时常被当作害虫。13.I also started looking around in the city and trying to photograph them. 我开始关心城市里的各个角落， 试着给它们留影。14.One day, in the subway, I was snapping pictures of the tracks hoping to catch a rat or two, and a man came up to me and said, You cant take photographs here. 有一天，我在地铁里拍摄铁轨， 希望能在镜头里捕捉到一两只老鼠， 一个男人走过来说， “你不能在这儿拍照，15.The MTA will confiscate your camera. 捷运局会没收你的相机。”16.I was quite shocked by that, and thought to myself, Well, OK then. 我吓了一跳， 只能对自己说，“哎，好吧。17.Ill follow the rats. 我跟着老鼠走好了。”18.Then I started going into the tunnels, which made me realize that theres a whole new dimension to the city that I never saw before and most people dont get to see. 随后我就开始了自己的管道之旅， 一个全